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All Go West While armed guards are trumpeted for their role in fighting piracy, and as lawyers and naval commanders take the plaudits for clearing the seas of ne'er-do-wells – it is perhaps easy to forget the vital role that paper has played in making progress against the Somali pirate hoards. The paper which has done so much to aid security efforts has come in the form of Best Management Practices – particularly the 4th iteration. The BMPs have helped many vessels steer clear of trouble, and have been pivotal in better preparing masters and crews alike. But…the BMPs have been very much slanted at the Indian Ocean and the problems off Somalia - how can they be meshed with the security threats over on the other coast, and used to help tackle West African piracy? Well in an attempt to develop some more paper based solutions, new interim guidelines against piracy in the Gulf of Guinea have been developed by BIMCO, ICS, INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO, supported by NATO Shipping Centre. Piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) region is an established and growing threat. The security problems in the GoG may differ from those off Somalia but there are certain lessons which can be transferred across, such as the importance of risk assessment, what constitutes a typical pirate attack and the significance of movement reporting. The new guidelines aim to bridge the gap between the advice currently found in BMP4 and provides a, "who, what, where, when, how" of GoG Piracy and can be accessed athttp://goo.gl/tqssh It seems the threat is only just beginning off West Africa, and is set to get a whole lot worse before real, long term and sustainable answers are found – in the meantime, this guide is the best help there is.